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Battle of Clontarf Festival

More than 500 people dressed in Viking costume participated in a re-enactment of the Battle of Clontarf at St Anne's Park in Raheney this weekend.

Sat 19 Apr 2014

More than 500 Vikings descended on St Anne's Park, Raheny this Easter Weekend as Dublin City Council staged the largest-ever living history battle re-enactment in Ireland at the Battle of Clontarf Festival. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

18/04/2014 - NEWS - Camilla Dupant and Anne-Mette Stensballe from the Frederikssund Vikingespil Theatre & Festival getting some battle practice under their belt on the Seafront at Clontarf yesterday in preparation for the re-enactment of the Battle of Clontarf. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Kenneth Grundtmann and David Wittenburg from the Frederikssund Vikingespil Theatre & Festival preparing for the re-enactment of the Battle of Clontarf . Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times